Miguel Urquiola is an Associate Professor at Columbia University’s Department of Economics and its School of International and Public Affairs. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources. He has served on the editorial board of Lacea's Economia and the American Economic Journal. His research focuses on understanding educational markets; two areas of focus are the consequences of school choice, and the characteristics and impact of college reputation. Urquiola received a B.A. from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley. He held prior appointments at Cornell University’s Economics Department, the World Bank’s research department, the Bolivian Ministry of Human Development, and the Bolivian Catholic University.

JSTOR ACCESS FOR MEMBERS

LACEA now offers JSTOR Access for all LACEA members! Please access here, to be entitled to access the Business Collection of JSTOR.

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LACEA has established itself as the leading association of economists interested in the problems of economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean. For 25 years we have contributed to strengthening ties between the research community and economic decision makers in the region and we have fostered debate and dissemination of better economic and social policies based on economic research. On the occasion of our 25th Anniversary we ask you to donate to make LACEA financially sustainable for the years to come.
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WHAT'S NEW AND UPCOMING!

We are pleased to announce that the process to elect the Vice President for the period 2018-2019 (to become President for the period 2020-2021) and six new members of the Executive Committee for the period 2018-2021, is now open and will close on November 19th, 2017 at midnight. Please submit your votes here.

We congratulate Prof. Albert Fishlow and Prof. Nora Lustig for their title of President Emeritus in recognition for the creation of LACEA. The award ceremony took place in the context of the 2017 meeting of LACEA in Buenos Aires, November 10 (Hotel Inter-Continental, 12 PM). Read the whole announcement here.

SobreMéxico. Temas de Economía, managed by Universidad Iberoamericana-Ciudad de México is currently seeking manuscripts with applied work on the Mexican economy. The Journal publishes online as soon as they are in final publishable form. The journal accepts articles in English and/or Spanish. Please visit this site or write to [email protected] for further information.

OnlineColleges.net features resources for prospective and current students to cover all topics from applying to college to staying healthy to landing a job after graduation. Recently, the site added a resource guide that provides students with an overview of what open online courses are and how they can be useful for those interested in additional learning opportunities. For more information, you can find the resource here.